, 1887-02-10
THE zoo IN WINTER.
CARE OF THE CENTRAL PARK
MeNAGeRIe IN COLD WEATHER.
The ii;~on Under II sied-Bears Care
fully Looked Nner-rrairic Dogs. sea
Lions and " atcr Iowi-Elephant>. Cat
Animai>' and Monkeys

nt ,N,t., OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .;.t
animals ~" """"'S~
,n.rirt.nd.nt r,nklin. when asked
Inv. he r,,n,a,l his numerous family OF
rh5a ond hn,-ts in winter snid. il,y
.,r..r,su, D.. FIR ,4 nn.sihlr with thcir
,,,r.. ,,nd;tfn,s whom ,u q stnte ~
,,l..,.. win suci, notifications ns are
,,fn.,Ii.d liz the restraints Of captiyity.
So. ,rir,ola tho American bison for In.
st,,ca a.. winter in u she'd uDc, ON all
sill. :. tho wind. and only covered 10
I'm AT "a. rain and snow This hardy
anir,.l ,..,ul1 moi thrive il kent In a warm
sf.hu. The hent. all hnye to he kent in
80. anon "a In. wind lint with close
a-...riT,,ot for shelter 10 which ,hcy
on, raf;r. ,yh.n fhev So. III Vet strnnu,
r. II ms se,,, yc hnvc no animals Tint
~, nor. nl,,.Iy ia ,nL. cold and pcrish
go. ~, It..,s.. th,n tn. hcar. II tbe,
ma. k,.nt IN n warm room and subjected TO
,~,..sidr,l drnnghts tbni nav moi seem
-r.-a.,l,,lv from Tho door do hest
.n moi allowed :, have any nrtlfcinl
no. comfortable Shelter ia nrnyldel
flr tham In which they may retire when
:, disnosed. Int many of them prcfer.
.v.n in v.rv Indictment yvcotber sleepin,
IA, thr rround in tLc omen air
..rhe fnxes wolves and raccoo,s ,rc
nrovidcd far in tho same manner n.,the
h.,,. hv mcaus of onen r,res ia give
,I,.-, ali thc evros,re thnv neeJ and M.
tocho sh.ltcr. In which th.v may tak.
rcf,,oe frnm exce.siv. cold rho n%reirle
dors take care of Themselves There AFRO
nhont 0ftv mrub.rs nf their lt,tle colony
~ ,r,lc ., mac. far them we e-xcnvntcI
thn Ground and laid n heavy stone floor
o,d atoun vvoIIa making n sort Of cellar
In frianynlar form thirty feet wide nj tho
va suhscoucn,lv filled the carth nm To- its
natural level Into thnt snace we turned
Inc nrnirIc dog. 10 make their own houses.
ma a.. h,yo dono al onn.ren,Iv 10 their
nm,irr SATISFACTION They hive burrowed
la all diroc,ions md ore only restrained
nv III. tone walls and floor from extend
ing heir subterr,ncon VILLAGE inde0nitcly
In the autumn thev hconn Laying nm thelr
winter stores. They have dragged down
ni Inst IA hale OF hay and n great ouantity
of corn into their burrows. making them
selvrs ouito independent Of ms until
snrinc In pleasant weather all ,hrnngh
tbcy winter ibey come out and nppenr To
tnt,e nm interes, in what Il Going on hnt
an coli dnva not one of them nokcs his
nosa ohov. yrnund II IL n nnnulor error
~ tbn ,vnv Tint tl,a %n,,iri. doc docs MOI
drink wafer
YES Mr. Thomson chipped into the
conversation "nnd IA good many persons
hive the mistaken idea TINT parrots do
moi want water and are likely TO die if
they drink any. They foruet-if they ever
kncv-tbnt the presence of PARROTS is nm
unfailinr indication Of the ~neighborhood
of water in Africa The error arises from
In. fact that those birds nre generally
brought here bv sailors who do not taks
tbc trouble IN rive them any water The
birds manage 10 live. but undoubtedly
suffer torturcs from thirst, for when they
lnnd here md ret Mt winter they are very
unt IN drink ~ ureedily Tint il kills
tLen.W
..EvervthIno TINT lives even "A Ken
tuckv ~rnlnucl drinks water SOM. times -
remarked SUPERINTENDENT Conklin who
continued, IAN that the sea lions nsk ia
Ia lac lei nloue beyond the niyinp In
them Of their dai,t supply of fish. They
play nbont in the water all the winter
tbrnugh In exceedingly cold weather
when th. t.mpernture of The mir Is consid
crnhl, below that Of the water. they stay in
the water all the time. only pokinu their
un.r. ,mt occasionally for brenth They
have no use for any other shelter. Ice is
prevented from forming OH their pond by
their constant motion In the water.
The swans. geese and ducks scorn
even such shelter ms the pelicans have
They do best in the open mir all the time
We hnvc fenced of for them n part OF the
upper lake. and there they swim around
enough To Keen the ice from forming
ON part OF the water. Many OF them.
by choice. sleep ON the ice. md I'm exces'
sively cold weather the down of the swans
H., frequently frozen inst TO +, so that we
have to chop II away with hatchets Ia
libornte them. They could lust ms well
sleen on the dry bnnk lint douhtIess nm